My only aversion to assigning fixed IPs via dhcp is that my clients generally use cheap linksys routers that do not all support this feature.
But i agree, it does sound like the way to go. Thanks Jon ----- Original Message ---- From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:00:54 AM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backup Linux/Mac clients that are DHCP On 09/20 08:37 , Jon Saints wrote: > The problem occurs when the DHCP server changes the IP address of one of > the clients. Once this happens, the security key exchange that i did > originally with the client is no longer valid. As a result, subsequent > backups fail. > > What is the best way around this? I prefer to keep my clients using DHCP. > Would using a local Certificate Authority solve this problem? or is my > best option to have the DHCP server assign fixed IPs to the clients that > need to be backed up (i would prefer to avoid this if possible)? I find it simplifies administration to statically assign IP addresses to hosts, via the DHCP server. This way you can also set up DNS and be able to find hosts via DNS names, which makes it much easier when sharing the load with other administrators. Is there a reason you are opposed to static entries for each host? If you're willing to learn its idiosyncracies, Dynamic DNS is an option as well. Be warned that it's a bit fragile tho. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
